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ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2018
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FACES OF FST It takes many types of people to run Florida Studio Theatre — and they all have a story to tell. NIKI KOTTMANN A+E MANAGING EDITOR
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t takes a lot of hands to juggle a campus of five theaters serving more than 200,000 yearly attendees. Florida Studio Theatre is the third largest subscription theater in the U.S. But its in-house staff comprises 50 full-time staff members.
So how do they do it? Passion. Actor Dane Becker, improv performer and coach Elise Rodriguez and twin set designers Moriah and Isabel Curley-Clay are just a few of the people behind the theatrical machine that is FST, and they keep coming back for more.
‘The Long Reunion’
Climate change is the darkly comedic topic at the center of this new Manatee Players production by Jack Gilhooley. PAGE 6
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Holiday Concert
Sarasota Concert Band will feature new songs and a vocal soloist at its Memorial Day Concert. PAGE 7
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“Butler” is one of 19 Florida Studio Theatre productions for which Moriah and Isabel Curley-Clay will have designed sets by the end of summer.
Florida Studio Theatre’s Young Playwrights Festival honored six winners from Sarasota County schools . YOUROBSERVER.COM